TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

Problem:  As above.  Log says "Unable to set date for the following file..." for all files, leading SC to re-copy the same files over and over. Solution:  As described at HowIFixedIt.net and the Second Copy wiki : "To fix the problem, you must edit your Second Copy “profile.dat” file which stores all the program variables. Make sure the Second Copy program is turned off. You must add “IgnoreTimeDifference=2″ to either the [General] section or the [Options] section. like so: IgnoreTimeDifference=2 If you do not have the [Options] section in the profiles.dat file then add it below the [General] section as shown in the example below: [General] ... ... [Options] IgnoreTimeDifference=2" You can try one of the following locations to find "profile.dat": c:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\Centered Systems\Second Copy C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Centered Systems\Second Copy

Sometimes you can get the screen to flash, briefly, when pressing and holding the on key. This can happen when the tablet battery is pretty much completely depleted. It should boot when plugged in to a charger, but some (most?) chargers are too wussy to supply all of the current the tablet wants.  So the tablet starts up, decides the charger ain't cutting it, and shuts down again.  (Or maybe it's the power supply system of the tablet at fault - it can't draw more than a certain amount of current.  Or both.) One solution is to use a USB battery pack instead of a wall charger.  Battery packs are rarely limited in their output current, and can deliver 2.5A or more if the tablet demands it.  This can sometimes let the tablet boot normally and it will start the normal recharging process - and besides which, it will recharge faster.  Banggood often has Xiomi packs on for good prices, I recommend everyone to pick one up. Another solution may be to use a h...

Problem:  You used to be able to drag a maximized window to "un-maximize" it.  Now you can't. Solution:  Per this post at SuperUser , uncheck "Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the the screen" in Control Panel / Ease of Access Center / Make it easier to focus on tasks. Note:  It might take several seconds for Windows to apply this setting after hitting "OK" or "Apply".  If you test it too early, it may seem like nothing changed.  Wait 10 seconds and try again before deciding that unchecking the feature did not work.

You probably already know by now that "Cannot shift objects on sheet" is probably caused by a misbehaving comment.  It prevents you from hiding columns; in some cases it might also prevent you from inserting columns. Deleting all your comments is one solution.  If you have a lot of comments, this will not be a preferable solution. Another solution that is not frequently mentioned is to fix all the comments so that they are set to "move and size with cells".  The misbehaving comment is probably not so set. It is possible to do this manually.  Obviously with anything more than about 10 comments, this is impractical.  Besides, your comments are probably all over the damn place since they have not been moving with their target cell. To fix this, you can use " A macro to un-mess Excel comments ", as posted at  m2otech.com.  This macro changes all comments to "move and size with cells", plus some other cleanup. After running the macro, I was ...

Problem:  Googlebar Lite mysteriously disappears from Firefox.  "Googlebar Lite" is checked in Toolbars, but Firefox shows an empty toolbar instead of the Googlebar Lite toolbar. Solution:  Try enabling "Additional Toolbar" or "Additional Toolbar (2)".  That may cause your Googlebar Lite toolbar to show again. Hey, it worked for me.  Don't ask me why.

Update 2016-02-14:  Overall, Firefox is not any more stable or usable with Auto Unload Tab enabled.  It still crashes on an annoyingly routine basis, usually after a 6-7 days of continuous use with a few dozen tabs open.  So Auto Unload Tab is not the "magic bullet" for these problems. Exactly how anyone can "routinely" have "hundreds" of tabs open at one time is rather beyond me. Original post below: If you're like me, you probably hear about people who "routinely" have "hundreds" of Firefox tabs open. Apparently these are the 1% of the internet, as 99% of users don't do this.  I am obviously not the 99% here. I don't know about you, but if I get more than about 40 or so, FF starts to hate me.  It starts to hang for up to 60 seconds at a time every 3 minutes, or crashes, or puts up garbled windows, simply doesn't display some information, or otherwise makes my life miserable. Restarting it helps - sometimes...

I've been using Bullzip for years, and it has always been fast and responsive.  However, it has suddenly become extremely slow to print files from Word.  Like, 5-10 minutes slow.  Previously it was always less than a few minutes, even for 150+ pages. The problems more-or-less coincided with the latest Windows 7 patches, which I applied about August 24, 2015, after I came back from vacation.  But I don't know if that is related or not.  I don't know of anything else that changed, though. Nothing ever shows up in the Bullzip printer queue and Word is not spooling it, so I don't know where the hangup is.  The print job simply disappears, and it takes 10 minutes for the Bullzip PDF driver window to show up.  Rebooting does not help. I am admittedly running a fairly old version of Bullzip (v7.1.0.1218).  It has always been rock-solid to this point. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution, as nobody else seems to be having this issue.  So if...

A little bit ago, I found myself wanting to install new garage cabinets.  So naturally I tended to wander into stores looking for new ones. Of course, I didn't carry a measuring tape or anything.  So figuring it out was a little harder than it should have been.  I wanted something for measuring I could keep with me. I checked all of the usual EDC forums and found this as the best suggestion: This is an ordinary tailors tape.  You can get these nowadays at the dollar store.  But this was too big for me. Other suggestions included carrying a proper, albeit small, measuring tape around.  Most were just as big or bigger than the blue sucker above. If you crack open the tailoring tape, you'll find half of the space is taken up by the spring that retracts it for you.  A waste of space, in my opinion. So I went ahead and created this: This is the cloth measuring tape from the tailoring tape wound around a common sewing bobbin.  This ...

OK, Altoids tins don't really suck, I guess.  Altoids themselves are pretty OK in my book, and the tins are admittedly an extremely handy item. However, EDC seems to be all the rage these days, and every EDC proponent wants to start with an Altoids tin for their first aid / survival / whatever kit. To which I say: Why??? I got a tin of Altoids.  That tin is HUGE!  Seriously!  It doesn't fit in my pocket, so how am I supposed to carry it with me?  I don't believe for one second that most people who claim this to be their "EDC" actually carry this tin around daily. Sure, maybe in a pocket of a bag or backpack, which you "always" have.  OK, fine, I guess.  The point is, it bothers me a bit that the standard "Altoids tin" kit has become such the de facto standard that nobody even thinks to question it anymore.  Sure, you need to start somewhere, and maybe that tin is what you want.  Maybe it's not.  How about sparing it a thought ...